ANDREW MAWSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04883094 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-01

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Machining

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-04-30
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2023-05-31
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2022-05-20
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2021-05-26
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2020-05-06
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2019-02-27
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2018-04-24
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accounts · AA
2017-10-06
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address · AD01
2017-10-06
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2017-06-30
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accounts · AA
2016-06-30
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accounts · AA
2015-10-26
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-17
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accounts · AA
2014-10-16
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2010-01-01
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MAWSON, Paul Joseph appointed
director
2009-09-21
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MAWSON, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2009-09-21
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MAWSON, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
director
2003-09-02
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2003-09-02
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2003-09-01
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Company incorporated
As ANDREW MAWSON LIMITED
2003-09-01
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MAWSON, Patrick Andrew appointed
director
2003-09-01
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MAWSON, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2003-09-01
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-01
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MAWSON, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
director
2003-09-01
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MAWSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Patrick Andrew Mawson Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · trust interest · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Paul Joseph Mawson Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-09-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

The Bungalow, Rabbit Hill Farm Warsill

Ripley

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG3 3LQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-29

Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MAWSON, Patrick Andrew→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-09-01

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Active

MAWSON, Paul Joseph→

director · ~48y · appointed 2010-01-01

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Active

MAWSON, Margaret Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2009-09-21

Resigned

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2003-09-02

Resigned

MAWSON, Margaret Elizabeth→

director · ~75y · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2009-09-21

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2003-09-02

Resigned

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